Plinius

English Etymology From en enm Plinius, from en la Plīnius. Proper noun en Pliny. en 1982 1981 Tekla Dömötör w:Péter Melius Juhász Christopher M. Hann Folk Beliefs at the Time of the Reformation Hungarian Folk Beliefs Bloomington, Ind. w;Indiana University Press 56 https://archive.org/details/hungarianfolkbel0000domo/page/56/mode/1up 0-253-32876-4 Plinius wrote about spells and witches in a superstitious manner. But the sort of spell which Plinius talks of, smacking of superstition, is false, contrived and quite impossible in true believers. en 2002 w:Simon Scarrow 6 w:When the Eagle Hunts w:Eagles of the Empire 3 London Headline 43–44 https://archive.org/details/wheneaglehunts0000scar_f3l9/page/44/mode/1up 0 7472 7284 0 “Welcome, sire!” Vespasian saluted, and after the briefest hesitation Plinius followed his legate’s example, swallowing his distaste for such deference to a mere native, albeit a king of his people. en 2011 w:Hank Hanegraaff External Evidence Has God Spoken? Memorable Proofs of the Bible’s Divine Inspiration Nashville, Tenn. Thomas Nelson 43 https://archive.org/details/hasgodspokenmemo0000hane/page/43/mode/1up 978-0-8499-4891-6 Contemporary and employer of Suetonius and friend of Tacitus, Plinius was a highly skilled rhetorician well known for letters rightly dubbed literary classics. German Pronunciation de De-Plinius.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Proper noun de proper noun Pliny Derived terms de Plinius der Ältere Pliny the Elder de Plinius der Jüngere Pliny the Younger Latin Etymology From the Roman gens Plinia, an la itc - name of obscure origin; possibly from the Insubric (la cel-gau -) root cel-gau Plina through rhotacism from cel-gau prina, or from a north Italic word for “bald”. Pronunciation Plīnius Proper noun Plīnius<2> a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name", famously held by: Gaius Plinius Secundus, Pliny the Elder Declension Plīnius<2> Derived terms la Plīnia la Plīniānus Descendants it Plinio References Pokorny, Julius. "Indogermanisches Etymologisches Woerterbuch" (in German). University of Leiden. la nomina gentilia Middle Dutch Etymology Borrowed from dum la Plīnius. Proper noun dum proper noun m Pliny the Elder Inflection dum noun Further reading ID4401 dum Individuals